English to Afrikaans Meaning :: impassive

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Adjective(1) having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited(2) deliberately impassive in manner

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(1) It is an impassive reversal of the expected hospital-drama roles to which the movie attaches no overt irony.(2) His expression was impassive and I tried not to wilt under the searching gaze of those deep brown eyes.(3) The former underwear model said nothing and was impassive as she was hustled into a police vehicle with bars on the windows.(4) While listening to the evidence, he often joined his hands together above his lap as though in prayer, but remained impassive .(5) The statements and inferences made were aggravated by a large photograph of an impassive young woman pointing a shotgun into the lens.(6) She turns round, puzzled but incurious at the noise, as impassive as livestock.(7) He had an impassive expression, as if he had been expecting this all along.(8) I was about as confused as him, but I didn't let it show, keeping an impassive expression plastered to my face.(9) He was impassive throughout the victims' testimonies and the verdicts.(10) Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone who remained completely impassive , cold, silent?(11) He was ashen-faced but impassive as the verdicts were brought in.(12) He remains utterly impassive when an entire audience is booing him behind his back.(13) He was not the calm, impassive , almost marble-like man that he pretended to be.(14) The farmer, dressed in smart blazer and floral tie, remained impassive as the verdicts and sentences were read out.(15) All I could do was sit back and watch as they made what sounded like haikus behind impassive masks and continually struck awkward poses.(16) Tony went on to captain the school team, a sense of command obvious in the impassive determination of his set jaw and squared teenage shoulders.

Related Words

(1) impassive ::

gevoelloos

Synonyms

Adjective

1. expressionless ::

uitdrukkinglose

2. stolid ::

bot

3. poker-faced ::

poker-faced

Antonyms

1. demonstrative ::

demonstratiewe

2. fervent ::

vurige

3. fervid ::

gloeiend

4. passionate ::

passievolle

5. vehement ::

heftige

Different Forms

impassive, impassively, impassiveness

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